Supporting mechanism for ore-concentrators



E. AND W. F. DEISTER.

SUPPORTING MECHANISM FORDRE CONCENTRATORS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-17. 1919.

1,382,276.- Patented June 21, 1921.

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ATTORNEY EQAND W. F. DEISTER. SUPPORTING MECHANISM F,0R,ORE CONCENVTRATORS.

' APPLICATION rgLzn'mov 17, 1919.

Patented-June 21,1921.

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El /[IL DEISTER AND WILLIAM F. DEISTER, 0F FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS TO DEISTER MACHINE COMPANY, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION.

SUPPORTING MECHANISM FOR ORE-CONCENTRATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t t J e 21,1

Application filed. November 17, 1919. Serial No. 338,722.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatwe EMIL Dnrs'rnn and WILLIAM F. Dnrs'rnn, citizens of the United states, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Tm rovements in Supporting Mechanism for re-Concentrators, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to ore concentrating machinery and particularly to mechanism for supporting reciprocating concentrating tables, and its object is to provide a mechanism bywhich such table shall be effectively supported for reciprocation .and by'which the table may be adjusted in its inclination with ease and accuracy, the mechanism having great durability and a wide range or" adjustment.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated the preferred iorm of the invention in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the supporting mechanism with a table thereon; Fig. 2 a plan view of the mechanism; Fig. 3 a plan View of one of the adjustable supports of the mechanism; Fig. 4 a crosssection on line an of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 a crosssection on line 55 f Fig. 3; Fig. 6 a crosssection on line 66 of Fig. l and Fig. 7' a cross-section on line 7-7 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings the supporting mechanism consists. of a suitable number of adjustable supports 10 and a suitable number of fixed supports 11, the number of such supports to be used being determined by the size of the table to be supported. 12 indicate channel beams suitably secured to foundation piers 13, extension 14 of the rear pier being adapted to receive the driving mechanism of the. table. Piers 13 extend transversely relatively to the deck so that, as illustrated, supports 10 will be under the feed side of the table 15 and supports 11 under the tailings discharge side, supports 10 being secured to" beams 12 at one end thereof and. supports 11 to the opposite end. If desired the adjustable supports may be arranged on the tailings discharge side of the deck and the fixed supports on the opposite or feed side, or any other arrangement of the same may be made as desired.

The adjustable supports are alike in construction and in like manner the fixed supports are alike in construction. Each sup:

port 10 consists of a base 16 having laterally extending apertured flanges 17 "for the reception of bolts by which tl'ie base is fixed to channel 12. Side walls 18 extend upwardly from base 16 a suitable height, the upper edge of the walls being flared to form suitable bearing surfaces for the bearing carry in-g section of the support, and also to add strength to the said walls. strengthen the walls. The space between walls 18 forms a channel extending longitudinally relatively to the table 15 and in this channel and slidable on base 16 is a plate 20 supporting a plurality of wedges 2i. and 22. Preferably the wedges are in tcgral with plate 20 and the wedges 21 are arranged at opposite corners of one end of the plate and wedge 22 in the middle of the opposite end of the plate. The wedges are parallel and they all slope in the same direction. Any suitable number of the' wedges may be used but we prefer the arrangement illustrated as well adapted for general use since the three points of support for the bearing carryin support or section of the support hirnished'by said wedges readily balances the section and requires little attention to secure alinement of the same. The wedges are, of course, the same'in height and slope.

Ribs 19 also The bearing carrying section 23 consists or" a liiox like structure 214. having in its bottornand projecting upwardly therefroma laterally concaved bearing 25. The wall 26 about the forms a reservoir for lubricant for continuously lubricating the same and the upper bearing portion 27 depending from and rigidly securedto the bot tom of deck 15. The lower face of bearin '1) portion 27 is convex and reclprocates with the table on bearing 25. The concavity of bearing 25 and the convexity of bearing portion 2'? assure continuous contact of the'two bearings irrespective of the inclination of table 15. Legs 28 depend from box 24- at one end thereof and rest at their lower ends on wedges 21 respectively,' the legs being of suflicient width to overlap the adjacent ends of walls 18 on base 16 in order to limit the movement of thebox down the slope ofsaid wedges, the tendency of the box being to slide down said slope when the wedges engage the said legs. Wall 29 depends from the box at the opposite end thereof. its lower edge contacting with the sloping side of wedge 22, and said wall together with legs 28 cooperate with walls 18 so that the box with its bearing are'guided by the walls in their vertical movement caused by the movement of the wedges when plate is moved in the channel betwcenwalls 18 of base 16.

In order that the several wedge carrying plates 20 shall be moved simultaneously for simultaneously raising or lowering the bearing-carrying sections of supports 10 we provide rod30 having at one end a hand wheel 31 by which it may be rotated. ll. he rod is loosely passed through aperture 32 in wedge 22 of each plate and through an apertured lug or rib 33 also on each plate,

and it is also threaded through a lug 34L projecting upwardly from base 16 through a 3 suitable slot or opening in plate 20 of one 7 36 on the rod attheopposite end of the of the adjustable supports. In the drawings the hand wheel is secured to rod 30 on the end thereof adjacentthe mineral discharge end of the table and lug 34: is formed on the support 10' adjacent the head or motion end of the table: In this arrangement of, supports 10 the rod is connected to the wedge carrying plate of the latter support by lock nuts 35 on the end of the rod and by collar plate. The intermediate wedge carrying plate 7 "is secured to the rod by collars 3. secured to the rod at opposite ends of the late and the 1 forward wedge carrying plate is connected to the rod by collar 38 and the hand wheel It is a )arent that b IOtittll) the hand ;wheel and rod the threaded lug 3 f compels the rod to move longitudinally and carry with it the several wedge carrying plates.

being only one form adapted for the purpose.

' Each support 11 consists of a box or pot like structure 39 having at its base laterally prqectmg apertured flanges ac to receive bolts by which the structureis rigidly secured to channel 12 At a suitable dis tance below the open top of the box is a partition 41 carrj ing a transversely concaved bearing d2 similar to hearing of support 10, the'upper portion of the side walls of the box forminga reservoir for lubricant for continuously lubricating the bearing. An upper bearing similar to hearing 27 is ri idly secured to the table and reciprocates on bearin a2 in the same manner as hearing 27 reciprocates on hearing 25. Each sup port 11 being rigidly secured to a channel 12 and bearing 42 being secured to or integral with the support no adjustment of the hearing is possible and noneis desired since it is desired that the table shall pivot on the fixed supports as the opposite side of the same is raised or lowered bythe adjustable bearing supports. Supports 11 also maintain the longitudinal alinement of the table irrespective of the degree of inclination of the same.

In order that the reservoirs for lubricant for bearings 25 and 42 shall be protected fromforeign matter we provide integrally with upper portion 27 of each bearing a laterally extending flange 27" (Fig. i) having a depending flange or rim 2?", the flange and rim overhangingthe upperedge of the reservoir wall and serving to exclude all objectionable foreign matter from the reservoir.

The arrangement of the supports will he that best suited or most convenient for the table to be supported and the position it' may occupy in the mill For example, it may be more convenient to have thehand 1 wheel at the head or motion end of theitahle to accomplish which change it will be necessary only to reverse the order of the adgustable supports the wedge carrymgplates,

of course, being set in proper position to supported bearings beneath the oppos iteside of the table each comprising a hollowyhase section a bearin carr in section verticallv a h .i b 1 movable in the base section, a reciprocahle member supported in the base section and carrying three wedges adapted to engage the lower end of the bearing-carrying section at three points and means connecting all the wedge carrying members for simultaneously operating the same to control the inclination of the table.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this 15th day of November, 1919.

EMIL DElSTER. 7 WILLIAM r. :onrsrnn.

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